Clothes-hanger.



No! 848,738. PAT ENTED APR. 2, 1907.

I CLOTHES HANGER. APPLICATION FILED Mn 13.1905

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OSCAR F. GRANT, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

CLOTH ES-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 2, 1907.

Application filed May 18, 1905. Serial No. 261,019.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR F. GRANT, of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Clothes-Hanger, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,

. reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved hanger in open position. Fig. 2 is-a plan view of the same with the parts closed.

My invention relates to the class of clotheshangers, and is designed to provide a simple device of this nature which may be cheaply made and will provide for supporting several articles of clothing. provide a folding hanger which is especially adapted for use on sleeping-cars, while also capable of general use.

. In the drawings, 2 2 represent the similarly-constructed opposite wing portions of the hanger, each of which is made from a single integralpiece of wire, the ends of which terminate at the center and are bent around the hinge-pintle 3. The hinge portions 4 J of each wing are formed by bending the Wire ends into loop form, the loops of one wing surrounding the pintle at different points from those of the other wing. The end portions of the wire adjacent to the hinge portion are shouldered or bent at an angle to the twisted portion, as shown in Fig. 2, so that the shoulders of one engage the shoulders of the other. when they are swung back into open position. The wings thus swing rearwardly to a position in line with each other, and the shoulders prevent further movement. Each wing is preferably formed by twisting the two portions of the bent wire around each other, while the outer portions remain as a loop form 6.

To each outer loop of each wing is secured a support 7, which preferably consists of a piece of wire fastened to the two arms of the loop and preferably bent downwardly in its central portion. To this support is pivoted the stem 8 of a clasp 9, which may be of any desirable form. The pivotal connection between the clasp-stem and its support is preferably arranged to havesuf-licient friction, so,

that when the stem of the clasp is swung into the plane of the loop it will remain in this position when folded.

It is also designed to- I have shown the hinge portions 5 as located within the hinge portions 4, while between these hinge portions 4 and 5 are located the bent hinge portions 10 of a hook 11. This hook is also preferably formed of bent wire with its ends bent around to form the hinge portions on the pintle 8. Another hook 12 is provided with hinge portions 13, which I have shown as positioned outside the hin e portions 4 of the wing 2. One of the hoolrs, which I have shown as 11, is preferably slightly smaller than the other, so that it will swing into line therewith in folding.

I have shown the pintle 3 as consisting of a wire which is coiled around at the bottom to support and hold the hinge members in place, while its upper end is provided with a loop 14, which is engaged by the hook or loop portion 15 of the hanger 16. The pin tle may be turned by means of the hanger, so that the upper hook of the hanger will either lie in the plane of the wings or at rightangles to such plane. When adjusted at right angles, the hanger-hook may be folded on the edge of an upper berth of a sleeping car or upon the curtain-pole of the upper berth. For ordinary use the hanger may be turned into the plane of the wings.

When not in use, the article may be folded I into the form shown in Fig. 2, the hangerhook then lying fiat on the wings, the whole device occupying a small space, so that it may be conveniently packed.

The advantages of my invention result from the simplicity and cheapness of construction, the capacity for supporting several different articles, the small compass occupied when folded, and its adaptation for different uses.

Variations may be made in.the form and arrangements of the parts without departing from my invention as defined in the claims.

Iclaim 1. A folding clothes-hanger having a pintle, opposite wire wings, each consisting of a wire bent back upon itself with its ends spread apart, and hinged to the pintle, and a separate hook hinged to said pintle substantially as described.

2. In a folding clothes-hanger, a vertical pintle provided with opposite wings, each wing consisting of a wire bent back upon itself and forming an outer loop, the inner portions of the wing being twisted around each other, and then spread apart with their separated ends bent and looped about the pintle so that the wings may be swung to gether through a plane transverse to the pintle substantially as described.

the loop, and a clip or clasp hanger hinged to the cross-bar and arranged to swing into the plane of the loop; substantially as described.

4. A folding clothes-hanger having a vertical pintle, a hanger pivoted to the upper end of the pintle, oppositely-extending 'wire wings hinged to the pintle, each Wing consisting of a wire bent back upon itself with its ends spread apart and hinged to the pintle, and a plurality of Wire hooks also hinged to said pintle; substantially as described.

5. In a folding clothes-hanger, a transverse pintle, Wings pivoted thereto, each wing consisting of a Wire loop with. its inner ends spread apart and bent around the transverse pintle, a hookpivoted to the upper end I of the pintle, and a swinging hook pivoted to 3. In a folding clothes-hanger, a wing j formed of an open Wire loop, a crossbar 1n the pintle; substantially as described.

6. A folding clothes-hanger having oppositely-projecting hinged wings, and a central pintle or support, and a plurality of hooks hinged to the pintle or support and arranged to swing side'wise through a path approximately in line with the folded wings; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

' OSCAR F. GRANT. Witnesses GEO. B. BLEMING, H. M. CORWIN. 

